Sven Hamrin

Sven Hamrin (born March 30, 1941 in Härnösand ; † January 25, 2018 there ) was a Swedish cyclist .

In 1964 Sven Hamrin became the Swedish road racing champion . While on a tour of Morocco he fell on an “oil road” built by the Allies during World War II and had to be sewn with 42 stitches. The next day he had to be put on his bike, but he still drove the tour to the end.

In the same year Hamrin started at the Olympic Games in Tokyo . In the team time trial, he won the bronze medal together with three of the four Fåglum brothers , Erik , Sture and Gösta Pettersson . In the individual race he finished 50th. In 1964 and 1965 he also won the Swedish cycle race Solleröloppet .

In 1966 Hamrin was seriously injured in a traffic accident. Together with four other athletes, he was on the way back from a cycling race in Norway. The other four inmates were killed; Hamrin, who had been in the passenger seat, was then in a coma for four weeks . According to his doctors, he only survived thanks to his excellent physical condition. Due to the accident, his leg was shortened by seven centimeters, but he took part in smaller races with a specially made shoe. He started in a district championship in 1971 and won a medal in a Masters competition in the 1980s .

In 2018 Hamrin died after a short illness in a nursing home in his hometown of Härnösand.

Web links

• Sven Hamrin in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Sven Hamrin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sven Hamrin har avlidit. In: idrottonline.se. January 28, 2018, Retrieved April 26, 2018 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ola Thelberg: OS-medaljören en riktig kämpe - svåra bilolyckan stoppade careers. In: allehanda.se. February 5, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ 50 år sedan OS i Tokyo and Brittiska invasionen. In: Sveriges Radio. October 9, 2014, accessed April 27, 2018 (Swedish).